THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN Mr. Adams, a civilian railway engineer, who had come out from England to assist the Royal Engineers in establishing workshops, repairing sheds, &c., came out to meet the train on a trolley, and as a further delay was impending, he took me back to his quarters and showed me much kindness. After some hours the engine appeared, and we set out for Berber a little before dawn. As a brief statement about the Sudan Railways will be made elsewhere in this book, there is no need to describe here the A STATION ON THE ABU-HAMED AND KHARTUM RAILWAY.

route of the line, and it is sufficient to say that we arrived at Berber about ii a.m.

We passed several places near Berber, where large numbers of natives had been buried during the past year, and the sticks and short branches of trees, with bits of rag and feathers tied to them, which marked the graves of the men, reminded one more of scarecrows than of sepulchral monuments. We stayed at Berber for some hours, for several trucks had to be unloaded, and the engine again required attention. The delay gave me the opportunity of looking about the place, and 248 1 i